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http://agathe.gr/guide/bouleuterion.html Bouleuterion Just uphill from the Tholos was the Bouleuterion, meeting place of the boule, or senate. Five hundred Athenian citizens were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and met in this building every ... (Figs. 17, 18) that lies under the Metroon. Figure 18 |
http://agathe.gr/overview/photography.html Photography A photograph made using the traditional silver halide process is a visual record largely unaltered by the photographer. It is this quality of capturing a mirrored image of the scene that lends ... that required 18 x 24 cm ... the 18 x 24 cm negative ... 33). “In 5/A at -2.50 was |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_popular_courts.html The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... laws. (Life of Solon 18.2 ... and as many as 2,500, heard ... Constitution of the Athenians 3.2 |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/theater.html Theater Western drama was an Athenian invention which developed late in the 6th century B.C. out of the festivals celebrated in honor of the god Dionysos. Originally held in the Agora, the plays were soon ... Athenians 2.18) Terracotta mask ... of the Royal Stoa (19.2 |
http://agathe.gr/publications/picture_books.html Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... 0876616341Picture Book: 2 Named after its ... Perlzweig, J.Publication Date: ... Camp, J.Publication Date: |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/solon_the_lawgiver.html Solon the Lawgiver By the early 6th century B.C. social tensions in Athens had become acute, pitting the poorer citizens against rich and powerful landowners. Many citizens were reduced to the status of ... (Plutarch, Life of Solon 18 ... ornament. 2. The hippeis ... (Odyssey 2.489-491). Members of |
http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_verdict.html The Verdict After the speeches and other evidence had been presented, the members of the jury voted by casting ballots. A series of vase paintings of the early 5th century B.C. show a mythological story, ... translated by P.J. Rhodes) Bronze ... the 2nd century B.C. If the |
http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... 978-0-87661-202-6Volume: 2 Of the 55,492 coins ... Perlzweig, J.Publication Date: ... 2nd centuries B.C. These |
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